| Hugo Chavez: dreamer in power |
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Today our SPOTLIGHT is on Venezuela. A group
of Russian Naval vessels has set off for the
Caribbean on this week to conduct joint
manoeuvres with the Venezuelan navy. This
development follows a week-long visit to
Venezuela by a pair of Russian strategic
bombers and comes as Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez is visiting Russia this week.
What is behind the intensifying contacts
between Russia and Venezuela? Well talk about
it with Director of the Latin American Centre
at the Moscow State University of
International Relations - Alla Zenkovich.
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| El rey manda callar a Hugo Chavez - Why don't you shut up? |
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'¿Por qué no te callas?' El rey de España
manda callar a Hugo Chavez en el acto de
clausura de la Cumbre Iberoamericana de
Santiago Chile y decide abandonar el plenario
ante la insistencia del lider venezolano en
seguir llamando racista y fascista al
expresidente español Jose Maria Aznar.
Spain's king tells Chavez to 'shut up'
The king of Spain told Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez to "shut up" Saturday during a
heated exchange at a summit of leaders from
Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
Chavez, who called President Bush the "devil"
on the floor of the United Nations last year,
triggered the exchange by repeatedly
referring to former Spanish Prime Minister
Jose Maria Aznar as a "fascist."
Aznar, a conservative who was an ally of Bush
as prime minister, "is a fascist," Chavez
said in a speech at the Ibero-American summit
in Santiago, Chile. "Fascists are not human.
A snake is more human."
Spain's current socialist prime minister,
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, responded
during his own allotted time by urging Chavez
to be more diplomatic in his words and
respect other leaders despite political
differences.
"Former President Aznar was democratically
elected by the Spanish people and was a
legitimate representative of the Spanish
people," he said, eliciting applause from the
gathered heads of state.
Chavez repeatedly tried to interrupt, but his
microphone was off.
Spanish King Juan Carlos, seated next to
Zapatero, angrily turned to Chavez and said,
"Why don't you shut up?"
The Venezuelan leader did not immediately
respond, but later used time ceded to him by
his close ally Nicaraguan President Daniel
Ortega to answer Zapatero's speech.
"I do not offend by telling the truth," he
said. "The Venezuelan government reserves the
right to respond to any aggression, anywhere,
in any space and in any manner."
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| Chavez Cites Chomsky at UN General Assembly |
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read excerpt here:
http://representativepress.blogspot.com/2006/
09/chomsky.html
Link to the book:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/080507
6883/ref=nosim/representativ-20
Noam Chomsky's book Hegemony or Survival
Chavez Cites Chomsky at UN General Assembly
Almost all MSM avoided reporting Chavez's
Chomsky book recommendation.
Madame President, excellencies, heads of
state, heads of government, high
representatives of the governments of the
world, good morning to all of you. First of
all, I would like to invite you, very
respectfully, to those who have not read this
book, to read it. Noam Chomsky, one of the
most prestigious American and world
intellectuals. Noam Chomsky. And this is one
of his most recent books, "Hegemony or
Survival." "Hegemony or Survival: The
Imperialist Strategy of the United States."
It's an excellent book to help us understand
what has been happening in the world
throughout the 20th century, and what's
happening now, and the greatest threat
looming over our planet. The hegemonic
pretensions of the American empire are
placing at risk the very survival of the
human species. We continue to warn you about
this danger and we appeal to the people of
the United States and the world to halt this
threat, which is like a sword hanging over
our heads. I had considered reading from this
book, but, for the sake of time I will just
leave it as a recommendation.
It reads easily, it is a very good book, I'm
sure Madame [President] you are familiar with
it. It appears in English, in Russian, in
Arabic, in German. I think that the first
people who should read this book are our
brothers and sisters in the United States,
because their threat is right in their own
house. - from transcript Hugo Chavez at the
UN
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